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I think clubbing has been getting too much to my head lately but right now I wouldn't mind some nice Euro electronica for the show's soundtrack. Or some stuff by "DJ Champion and his G Strings". Dammit, i NEED to layoff the energy drinks.

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I listen to a lot film scores while I write. The other day, the soundtrack for Brotherhood of the Wolf came up on my playlist. For those of you who haven't seen the movie (shame on you) or just don't remember the music, it's a very unique blend of historical sounds with the mysterious. Joseph LoDuca was the composer and he utilyzed everything from Spanish guitar to flutes to vocals (male and female) to new and old world percussion.

Here's a

or

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And no, I wasn't influenced by the credit song which has the line, "I will follow you. Even though winter is coming...." ;)

The thing I like the most about the music is it's unique, not something I immediately equate back to another movie or composer. Whatever they do for GoT, I hope it has it's own character.

ETA: heh In looking over DoLuca's website, I see he scored Legends of the Seeker and Spartacus.

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I’ve just finished to read the 12 books (yes… it’s 12 cause I’m French and for some strange reasons the 4 original books are divided in 2, 3 or 4 smaller books) of GRRM’s ASOIAF… and ,God…I loved it !!!

Anyway, I begin to read them listening to music (which I usually never do), and I thought it could interest some of you to discuss the music they listen while reading asoiaf.

So here's my first message on the forum, featuring my own asoiaf playlist.

(I reply to the series' thread because I don’t find anything like “music I hear reading martin’s books…”. anyway imo it's also related to the tv series, there are themes in these songs which could fit for them too)

The lyrics are often not directly related to epic fantasy, but as I’m French I focused more on the melody/instruments/feelings than on the real meaning of the songs. I tried to find non-metal music because I think it’s much of a cliché – metal + fantasy, seriously ? come on … – which is bad with such an eccentric saga.

As much as possible I will provide a short explanation about the choice of the song, a link to hear it and -for some of them- a legal and free way to download it.

Quite a strange song but the psychedelic feeling and the autotuned voice suggest a strange and dark world where the “sun didn’t rise”. I think it’s something that could have been strongly suggestive to the common people of Westeros during the war.

To be honest I don’t really understand the lyrics. But the distorted sound, the chaos, the word weapon, and the words about the afterlife, factions… evokes me the thoughts and feelings of an infantrymen stuck in the middle of a battle.

A claustrophobic song which evokes me a man singing, locked in a castle. The lyrics “I am human and I need to be loved just like everybody else does” reminds me of Tyrion too. I find it to be a phrase that sums him up quite well !

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Dead Can Dance is definitely up there as a popular choice by the boarders. My favorite is

(may be too known a song) and

, and Chant of the Paladin (only a bit of this song as background atmosphere), all by DCD. Nick Drake I like, but something seems wrong with having music on the show that uses guitars (accustic or electric), don't know why I feel that. :dunno: Maybe because it's not an old enough instrument to my ears.